Businesspeople are like ...

Businesspeople are like sharks, not just because we\'re gray and slightly oily, or because our teeth trail the innards of those we have eviscerated, but because we must move forward or die.
Businesspeople are like sharks, not just because we're gray and slightly oily, or because our teeth trail the innards of those we have eviscerated, but because we must move forward or die.
 Stanley Bing

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
 Sam Walton
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

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